It is less than a month to Christmas Day, and there is very little doubt than any person in South Africa (or the bulk of the world, for that matter) is not aware of this fact. From late October the shops and malls take on the decorations and baubles that signify this special day, and Boney M and other warbling singers start belting out songs about Little Drummer Boys over the ubiquitous tannoys that are obligatory to every shopping centre on the planet.